Iowa High Court Suspends Floyd County Attorney

Floyd County District Attorney Jesse Marzen. (Bryon Houlgrave/The Globe Gazette)

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By Aaron Hepker

Story Created: Mar 19, 2010 at 11:33 AM CST

Story Updated: Mar 19, 2010 at 12:07 PM CST

DES MOINES (AP) — The Iowa Supreme Court has suspended the law license of Floyd County Attorney Jess Marzen for at least six months for violating professional conduct rules before he took office.

In Friday's ruling, the high court said Marzen would be suspended for having a sexual relationship with a client in 2006 and for disclosing client confidences to the public.

The court says the case "goes well beyond the vulnerablity that is inherent in all attorney-client relationships."

Marzen's attorney, Roger Sutton of Charles City, says he disagrees with the court's ruling.

The Iowa attorney general's office says a county attorney whose law license is suspended can't carry out the functions of the office.

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